Some guy (I'm assuming he was a male) just reved his engine as he was driving by my house on a quiet

[applegrove]

street. Can someone explain this to me? What is the point of gunning your engine inappropriately?

[hedgehog]

1. "cause if you piss on everyone's doorstep, you get arrested?

[applegrove]

2. LOL!

[madinmaryland]

3. Because he can. It's a guy thing. The power of the engine!!!!

[Redstone]

4. Uh, can we call it "compensation" without running afoul of DU Rules?

In other words, BIG truck (or loud car/motorcycle) tends to equal small something else? (Excepting, of course, people like contractors who NEED a big truck for their work.)

Redstone

[Throd]

5. Maybe it was a beater that would stall if the RPM went below a certain level.

I once had such a car.

[marzipanni]

6. Or unmufflered motorcycles, or sub bass woofers booming by

I think it's the equivalent of a gorilla beating his chest, or a lion roaring.

[slay]

7. He probably has a small penis and is overcompensating

come on - we were all thinking it. :evilgrin:

[Enthusiast]

8. It's a form of redneck communication.

It is common in my area. He was saying, "Hey, baby. Don't you get hot just looking at my ride?" Srsly.